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Transmission of personal data

In the context of our processing of personal data, the data may be transferred to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons or disclosed to them. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we observe the legal requirements and in particular conclude appropriate contracts or agreements that protect your data with the recipients of your data.

General notice

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, FADP), every person is entitled to protection of his or her privacy and to protection against the misuse of his or her personal data. The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

Working with our hosting providers, we endeavour to protect our databases as best we can against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

We would like to point out that transmitting data over the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. This website can fundamentally be visited without registration. Data such as pages viewed, names of retrieved files, dates and times are recorded on the server for statistical purposes without such data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular names, addresses and e-mail addresses, are wherever possible collected on a voluntary basis. No data are forwarded to third parties without your consent.

Processing your personal data

Personal data constitutes any information relating to a specific or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes all handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, procurement, deletion, storage, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. In addition, we process personal data – insofar as and to the extent that the EU’s GDPR is applicable – in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6(1) GDPR:

  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR) – the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of the contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR) – processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(1)(c) GDPR) – processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
  • Protection of vital interests (Art. 6(1)(1)(d) GDPR) – processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR) – processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
  • Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 9(2)(b) GDPR) – insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9(1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as disabled status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants so that the data controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and the law of social security and social protection and comply with his or her obligations in this regard, its processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9(2)(b) GDPR, in the case of the protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Art. 9(2)(c) GDPR or for the purposes of preventive or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems in accordance with Art. 9(2)(h) GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, its processing takes place on the basis of Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.

We process personal data for the duration necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer-term retention obligations due to legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we will limit the processing thereof accordingly.

Applicable legal bases

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases of our data processing. If the legal basis is not specified in the Privacy Policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the purposes of performing our services and implementing contractual measures as well as answering enquiries is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the purpose of performing our legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and the legal basis for processing for the purpose of protecting our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security

In accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling the physical and electronic access to the data, the entry, transfer and separation thereof and guaranteeing the availability of said data. Furthermore, we have established procedures that guarantee the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and responses to data threats. In addition, we take the protection of personal data into account already during the development and/or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing is carried out in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure, or data is transferred to other persons, bodies or companies, this is only done in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transfer, we only process the data in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, contractual obligations through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the case of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR; information page of the EU Commission: ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en).

Privacy policy for SSL/TLS encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send us as a site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and there is a padlock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Privacy policy for server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server query

This data cannot be traced back to an individual. The data is not merged with other sources of data. We reserve the right to analyse this data at a later date if we become aware of any specific indications of unlawful use.

Privacy policy for the contact form

If you send an enquiry to us using the contact form, we will store your information from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided, for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.

 

Copyright

The copyrights and all other rights concerning contents, pictures, photos or other data on this website, are the exclusive property of the operator of this website or the expressly mentioned rights holders. The written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained before any files may be reproduced.

Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights owner may be liable to prosecution and, if necessary, to pay damages.

General disclaimer of liability

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We endeavour to provide our information in an up-to-date, correct and complete way. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, whereby we cannot guarantee the completeness, correctness and topicality of information, even of a journalistic and editorial nature. Liability claims arising from material or immaterial damages caused by the use of the information offered are excluded, provided that there is no demonstrably intentional or gross negligence involved.

The publisher may, at its own discretion and without notice, modify or delete texts and is not obliged to update the content of this website. The use or access to this website is at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, its clients or partners are not responsible for any damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, pre-determined or consequential damages, which are alleged to have arisen through the visit to this website and therefore assume no liability for this.

The publisher also assumes no responsibility and liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be accessed via external links on this website. Responsibility for the contents of linked sites lies solely with the operators of those sites. The publisher hereby expressly disassociates itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that are contrary to moral standards.

Changes

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without advance notice. The version currently published on our website shall apply. If the Privacy Policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of any changes by e-mail or in another suitable way in the event of an update.